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On 2nd June the ceremony of hoisting the new colours 

 took place at noon in unpropitious weather, a salute was 

 fired, and all the yachts, and many of the vessels in the 

 harbour, were decked in bunting from stem to stern in 

 honour of the occasion. Had it not been for the excessive 

 enthusiasm, zeal and energy of Mr H. S. Foster, M.P., Mr T. 

 M. Read, the popular commodore, and Mr A. T. Clarkson, 

 the secretary, it is exceedingly doubtful whether the honour 

 would ever have been granted. In the evening a celebration 

 dinner was held at the Royal Hotel, at which the following 

 were present: 



The commodore (Mr T. M. Read) in the chair, the vice- 

 commodore (Rev. H. Rogers) in the vice-chair, the rear- 

 commodore (Mr T. Sergeant), the Earl of Stradbroke, Sir 

 Cuthbert Quilter, Bart., M.P. (vice-commodore of the Royal 

 Harwich Yacht Club), Mr H. S. Foster, M.P., Sir Harry 

 Bullard, M.P., Mr T. H. Tacon, High Sheriff of Suffolk, the 

 Mayor of Beccles, the Inspector-Commander H.M. Coastguard, 

 Rev. Canon Lawrence, Rev. B. G. Barnard-Smith, Rev. G. 

 Champion, Sir Charles R. Gilman, Captain F. Barton, Captain 

 Henderson, Dr A. Marshall, Dr Wynne, Colonel T. Wilson, 

 Colonel T. Mayhew and Messrs L. T. Cobbold (Ipswich), 

 A. F. Mayhew C. F. Davey, J. W. Reynolds, T. H. Woods, 

 W. S. Brockley, J. Watson, H. M. Cadge, Gordon Barratt, 

 C. A. Gauntlett, S. A. Allingham, L. T. Clarkson, C. F. 

 Hughes-Hallett, G. J. Grimsdick, F. Bullard, W. E. Holt, 

 W. G. Everitt, C. P. Hart, A. G. Notley, Edward Elliot, 

 L. F. Orde, R. Lee-Barber, H. K. Whiting, B. Preston, W. 

 S. Everitt, W. H. Mann, Gilbert Morse, S. L. Barrett, E. P. 

 Buckworth, A. W. Fenton, C. B. Foster, J. L. Peto, H. R. 

 Everitt, G. M. Chamberlin, A. Savill, C. S. Gilman, R. C. and 

 F. G. Mayhew, A. E. Costerton, Francis D. Longe, Edgar 

 Morse, F. W. Jex Blake, T. P. Angell, E. F. and E. H. 

 Barlow, G. E. Preston, M. B. Byles, F. G. Cotman, G. 

 Sillen, W. Warman, W. W. Cook, etc. It is interesting 

 to note that the company at the hoisting ceremony in- 

 cluded three of the founders of the Club, viz., Messrs T. 



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